| The China Pilot. the Coasts of China and Tartary, from Canton River to the Sea of Okhotsk; With the Adjacent Islands. Compiled from Various Sources, B Contributor(s): King, John William (Author), Bate, William Thornton (Author), Belcher, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 1240951884 ISBN-13: 9781240951888 Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions OUR PRICE: $31.11 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - General |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.45 lbs) 370 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Title: The China Pilot. The coasts of China and Tartary, from Canton River to the Sea of Okhotsk; with the adjacent islands. Compiled from various sources, but chiefly from the surveys of Captain Collinson ... Second edition. (Revised by J. W. King.). Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOLOGY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps, charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting geological features of the natural world. Also contained are textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library King, John William; Bate, William Thornton; Belcher, Edward; 1858. xi. 338 p.; 8. 10496.ff.4. |